| Show THE GREAT catastrophe IN NEW ZEALAND tim THE terrible convulsions ol of nature in new zealand related in monday evenings DESERET dawd are graphically detailed in the new zealand heralds Heral dt dof june which has since been received accounts are given by e eye witnesses and poisons persons who escaped from tile the horrors of the catastrophe T and cuts of the district dest destroyed roved by i the earthquakes and volcanoes and of at craters in eruption give a vivid idea of tile the immense upheaval and outburst of the forces of nature lla ture the loss of life though not to be compared with the that have attended ended vole anit outbursts in populous places is larger at first reported uve mabnes and six MX europeans were killed and some injured who are expected to recover amo u tae me principal rescues is that thai ot 01 mi bi rb haszard Hah zard whose husband and ahree children chil dreu were slain und and of an old maun named daid to 10 be years old tie he was waa dug out ot of a ho house use that diat had been crushed and buried alter after lie he kad bad lain were in a corner without or water hours he was brought out chatte chattering rim r aud and 44 to lim himself self but would zai aai un ull ul ill some potatoes puta toes and waitr were tet before him blin when tie he eagerly and joy oy juliy partook pai look the narves said isaid this vu his hib usual diet tuey lookeb upon anul with igwe lavoi favor as lie he was relieved ie the power ut ot Wa irod a village ill we tae I ake lh was buried in 10 acil lentee fuet tot it uie tim ciu dt it witt with llie ot of im I 1 allu heidl hj iDl U it ii iu 01 bcd jiin LUC iau jui I 1 UL itlie it dehei lie IK ua ciul el amlet 1111 1 annu tuu uc ill ita it 1 1 it lis IS d lu tut s ultra ut ul T allt jl 1 P 1 l it ai 11 I 1 i 4 1 l 11 bui i aud UW tv il at ii waw 11 n val iii 11 r alt 1 l bild lild 11 I 1 t 1 1 1 li at kiy i L anva ai at 1 I 1 0 w i i 1 1 deais aso 1190 uy ur dr hocholek ti A gaeu unc visited the and when near tarawera Tara wera mountain feet dign an apparently extinct volcano is ite ib imported ported to have said ill lam am of the opinion that this whole portion of the mountain up to the te koliha fountain being as it seems thoroughly decomposed by hot vapors will bomb some day cause a sudden catastrophe by falling in and cot covering ering the Rat oreka plain with a flood of hot mud the white terrace and the pink Ter terrace racel objects of interest to travelers and which have bare been described in poetry and prose with rapture are entirely destroyed dr rector hector director of the colonial geological department who went to that mat region as soon as news of the disaster reached wel lileton lin irton gives as his bis theory that the eruption n commenced in tarawera Tara wera that the earthquake shocks consequent burst and olis dislocated located the pipes or tubes which connected the geysers at roto mahana with the heated interior of the earth and that thereupon the small lake Rot ran down generating an enormous quantity of steam and causing a tremendous explosion when the outburst commenced the noise of the reports was heard at auckland miles distant at christchurch Christ church and dunedin too tile the noises were heard beard and electrical dis dia I 1 plays alarmed the inhabitants D deposits e of volcanic dust which covered the country all around reached as far as fifty miles in a straight line from ra uranga except where the country is buried with mud and scoria tills this dust will be rather beneficial to the soil athas it has been analyzed and und found to contain from 04 64 to 66 per cent of silica about 30 per cent is of soluble matter consisting in mainly of chlorides and stil sulphates sulphites sulp hites ot 01 lime liale soda and potash wita wan a little free acid A cubic toot of the ashes when not shaken together weighs ounces so that a boatin coating one uch inch thick must welsh 95 05 tons to the aery and where the dust is three inches thick it is equal to a top dressing of low class manure of 1734 17 cwt cat to ta the acre the laoris maoris look upon the occurrence as a judgment upon the village of for the wickedness of the people and tile the herald adds that visitors to the place at the time lime when tourists come there can understand what that means luea iii A toli or was at tameke taheke the day before the eruption und and faid baid that so many lies had been told in the taheke tameke lund land court he believed lie an earthquake would swallow up the place his reputation has been sustained by the outburst at latest accounts the disturbances bad quieted down somewhat but the whole face of the country is changed one lake has disappeared another is nine feet lower than usual cousins chasms 0 of 1 awful depth and spouting up steam and smoke are in the place ot ol the far famed terraces is buried the tribe of the and their village te arike are ext extinguished in 1 ail h d only one man who was abse bei being n g I 1 lett elt alive and a river and some waterfalls have totally ois disappeared appeared earthquakes have been known in all ail ages volcanoes have sent forth their sudden fires at intervals from time immemorial the earth has been convulsed and natures forces have been exerted in startling and fatal fury they can all be accounted for but nevertheless th eless in connection with other calamities lami ties and the promulgation of the gospel of the Kinrd kingdom om a as s a witness to all nat nations ious they are among the signs of the last days daya given by tue the he deemer as sure tokens of the great change in the affairs of tills earth which are to immediately precede ills his advent to take possession of his dominions and subdue all thinas unto himself the wise will see and understand while fools will mock and perish |
